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✈️ Can you carry antlers on a plane?

July 28, 2023

Happy Friday, everyone! NASA celebrates its 65th birthday tomorrow — it seems like Congress picked a good time to talk about UFOs and possibly even aliens this week. Maybe we’re too accustomed to alien news; seems like most Las Vegans’ reactions have been *shrug.*

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✈️ Bag Check

Did you know you can take antlers onto a plane in your carry-on bag? But what about artificial skeleton bones? Those, too! Same with non-infectious biological specimens in preservative solutions, and thank goodness for that. But your bowling pins? In your checked bags only. For your end-of-summer travels, an incredibly, and sometimes absurdly, detailed list of what you can and can’t take with you. [TSA]

🏎️ The Words ‘Intellectual Property’ Are Used

Following reports that the F1 race organizers are threatening to block the views of racecourse venues that don’t pay its exorbitant licensing fee, the F1 team has responded: Yep, that's pretty much what we’re doing. [KSNV]

🛣️ Highway Numbers

If you think navigating the orange-cone wasteland of Las Vegas freeways is confusing, try understanding why one stretch of highway is variously known as U.S. Route 93, U.S. Route 95, Interstate 515, Interstate 11, and the Las Vegas Expressway. This’ll help puzzle it out. [Review-Journal]

What To Do

🎸 Franky Perez | Tonight | 8-11 p.m.

The singer-songwriter and his 10-piece band blaze through three sets of originals, rock, soul, and more. [Red Rock Resort, Summerlin; no cover]

🩰 Dance in the Desert Festival | Tonight-Saturday | Various times

The 25th iteration of this spirited dance event honors the legacy of founders Kelly Roth and Kyla Quintero with local and national performers. [Summerlin Library; free]

🏴‍☠️ ‘Treasure Island’ | Tonight-Saturday | 7 p.m.

Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic yarn of pirates and adventure, newly adapted for an all-female cast. [Majestic Repertory Theatre, Arts District; $30]

🎭 ‘Tuck Everlasting’ | Tonight-Sunday | Various times

Last weekend to see this musical about 11-year-old Winnie and her adventures with the immortal Tuck family. [Las Vegas Little Theatre, near Spring Mountain Road and Valley View; $30]

📚 Teachers Book Sale | Saturday | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Teachers can load up on gently used, approved books for their classrooms at 25 cents apiece. [East Las Vegas Library; free admission]

🍖 Pig Roast | Saturday | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Yep, they’re roasting a pig, playing some blues, and who knows what else, all on the road to Pahrump. [Mountain Springs Saloon; $16-$26]

🦉 Audubon Society Talks | Saturday | 1:15 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.

The first talk is titled “Birds of the Mojave Desert,” and deals with avian survival strategies; the second is “The Urban Oasis,” and talks about maintaining a wildlife habitat in a desert city. [Winchester Dondero Cultural Center, Desert Inn and McLeod; free]

🎸 Indie Showcase | Saturday | 8-11 p.m.

Headliners Rachel & Bekah are joined by Las Vegas-based acts Audrey Brazelle, Rhaina Yasmin and Style Cramps. [SoulBelly BBQ, Arts District; $10]

🎙️ ‘Edith Piaf: The Queen of Hearts’ | Sunday | 2 p.m.

French singer — and Las Vegas resident — Sylvie Boisel performs an homage to the iconic 20th century French chanteuse. [Clark County Library; free]

📚 Silent Book Club | Sunday | 3-4:30 p.m.

An idea whose time has come! Bring any book you want to read, and read among those similarly inclined. All socializing is voluntary. Sponsored by Avantpop Bookstore. [Pasabocas Colombian Bakery, Commercial Center; free]

Today on City Cast

The Gov’s Ethics Ruling, a Wounded Police Dog, and Back to School

Let’s round up the week’s news: The Nevada Ethics Commission hit Gov. Joe Lombardo with a $20,000 fine for using his sheriff duds and badge during the campaign. Two votes against the censure: commissioners just appointed … by Lombardo. Also, an update on the police K-9 dog that was stabbed. And a question: Is Aug. 7 just too early for kids to return to classrooms? The Nevada Current’s April Corbin Girnus joins co-hosts Vogue Robinson and Dayvid Figler.

That’s all for today. For those of you about to start school on August 7, enjoy your last week of summer. For the rest of us, good luck getting through the next couple months of triple digit temperatures. Onwards!

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